Overview
Philippines is in the Asia hantavirus context. The country has documented circulation of SEOV (Seoul virus).
Seoul virus is the regionally documented hantavirus across Southeast Asian port cities. Country-specific surveillance literature is limited; only one Philippine study has been pooled into recent meta-analyses, with no statistically significant prevalence estimate.
Sources for the above: Guo et al., PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2026 (Southeast Asia hantavirus systematic review)
Reservoir species
- Rattus norvegicus
Endemic strains
Signal trend (last 30 days)
Signal volume = mentions in monitored sources (CDC, WHO, ECDC, news in 17 languages), not confirmed clinical case counts. Buckets are UTC days.